Hagos Gebrhiwet won a stacked 5k in 12:42, and Karsten Warholm broke the DL 400H record again with his 46.51.

Due to USATF's foolish policy, a 12:58 American won't be in this race. And a lot of the guys who could have won this race -- Mo Farah, Joshua Cheptegei, Yomif Kejelcha -- aren't running it. Who will step up in their absence? Might it be Canada's Mo Ahmed? We don't think it's impossible.

The mid-d and distance on Day 1 of London was fantastic. It featured big wins for Laura Muir and Hagos Gebrhiwet, another amazing performance by Norwegian wunderkind Jakob Ingebrigtsen, and disaster for Nijel Amos. Plus a Canadian record in the women's 1500.

We compare the splits from Hagos G's 26:48 race last night to Mo Farah's 26:49 race from 2017 Worlds and the stats look pretty good for Hagos.

Lausanne entertained from start to finish as we saw a super-fast men's 1500, a wild men's 5000 with the fastest penultimate lap in history and a whole lot more.

Ben True (13:44) and Justyn Knight (13:46) were 2nd and third as Kim Conley took top American honors in the women's race in fourth (15:36).

We know Selemon Barega ran 12:43 but in the end decided you can't really be World #1 if you failed to medal at World U20s and the African champs.

Ben True and Tommy Curtin tried to take advantage of a missed turn by Gebhriwet let but were unable to pull off the victory. Plus  Aidan Puffer of Manchester, Connecticut set a new age-13 world record of 15:47. *MB: Americans go home devastated: Hagos G (13:42) and Buze Diriba (15:22) win 2018 BAA 5k. MB: Aidan Puffer of Manchester, Connecticut just set a new age-13 world record of 15:47, smashing his own record of 16:11.4.

He crushed the field the final lap as season #1 with the NOP ends on a high.

Chelimo has he hands full as Ethiopia has three entrants and they are all very good. Could 18-year old Selemon Barega be the successor to Haile G and Kenenisa B?

During his four years at Oregon, Edward Cheserek became a legend in the US by winning 17 NCAA titles. This weekend, he started working on becoming a legend at the world level by pulling off a insane double. 

The Super Bowl may be on Sunday but we are calling Saturday "Super Saturday" - what an incredible day of action. If you are a distance fan, you might as well cancel your plans as there is going to be riveting action all day long.

Farah's presence at the top of the podium in Rio was no surprise, but few envisioned Chelimo, who was just 11th at USAs last year, winning America's first Olympic medal in the 5,000 since 1964 and two other Americans cracking the world top 10. *MB: What a year for Team USA! Three American men make our World Top 10 in our 3000/5000 rankings.

Paul Chelimo headlines the men's 3,000 field, which includes fellow Olympic silver medallist Paul Tanui plus Ryan Hill, Hagos Gebrhiwet, Muktar Edris and Yomif Kejelcha. Olympic champ Faith Kipyegon could be capable of something really fast in the 1500 as she faces Jenny Simpson and Shannon Rowbury, while Ruth Jebet, Hyvin Kiyeng and Emma Coburn renew acquaintances in the steeple. Plus Berian vs. Souleiman vs. Bosse vs. Makhloufi in the 800.

Farah looks like a lock for gold after winning the 10k, but with no Kenyans in the final for the first time since 1980, the question is who earns the other medals?

There were some fast times at the inaugural adidas Boost Boston Games on Friday.

We break every event down for you including wins by Joe Kovacs and Andre De Grasse as well as 3:59 equivalent for a 15-year old!!

Tell the kids there Saturday morning cartoons will have to wait as the Saturday morning action is bound to entertain. Other headliners include Hyvin Kiyeng (steeple), Justin Gatlin (100), Joe Kovacs (SP), Tianna Bartoletta (LJ), Renaud Lavillenie (PV) and Omar McLeod (110H).

There are 10-guys who have gone under 13-minutes including Yenew Alamirew, Isiah Koech and Edwin Soi. Chris Derrick, Cam Levins, Hassan Mead, Paul Chelimo also in the field.